Fannie Lou Hamer Quotes
I met one child there eleven years old, speaking three languages [in Guinea]. He could speak English, French and Malinke. Speaking my language actually better than I could. And this hypocrisy - they tell us here in America [ that black people can't be intelligent].
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I've always been a very confident person, and I know how important it is to take advantage when life gives you opportunity.
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The thing that reinforces my belief about that is having worked the last four years with the Safe Kids Campaign on a national basis. I am so amazed at what these little kids do in keeping their parents alerted to what they are there for.
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Writing is the most frustrating, but it's something that I've always done.
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You don't move just because you want to go from this point to that point - the body has to be using the words as well as you vocally use the words.
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Dealing with the government does not mean you have to give a bribe.
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It was a very stupid thing to do, I'll admit, but I hardly didn't even know I was doing it.
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I had rather have a plain, russet-coated Captain, that knows what he fights for, and loves what he knows, than that which you call a Gentle-man and is nothing else.
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You can never fully put your finger on the reason why you're suddenly, inexplicably compelled to explore one life as opposed to another.
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In the early part of the '60s I was influenced by the Ventures.
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Woman begins by resisting a man's advances and ends by blocking his retreat.
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Horseback riding is my passion. Other than work. People can't imagine me getting dirty, but that's what I love about it.
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Pop knew absolutely nothing about pro football.
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It's tricky, performing the show live. Because when you're in a big auditorium, in front of 700 people, the natural tendency is to want to talk louder. You want to project.
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No change can come if those who are impacted the most by discrimination are not willing to stand up for themselves.
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Recording a song for a film doesn't take much time; it's hardly an hour's job, but concerts are constant, and so is travelling, so I've to take time out to work on my albums because I'm passionate about creating my own music. When you love something dearly, you set your priorities accordingly.
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It's the federal government's job to secure the border.
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In sailing, I single-hand, and I want to do the Horn. The Horn is the maximum expression of sailing, the way the Iditarod is the maximum expression of running dogs. It's not to write about it; it's to experience the maximum thing.
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One of my big fears is people saying my songs are all starting to sound the same.
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Revolution in the modern case is no longer an uncouth business.
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The Arab spring confirmed that peaceful change is possible and so reinforced the vision of political Islam. The impact of this went beyond the Brotherhood to include the Salafist tendency in Tunisia, Egypt, Yemen and Libya that had questioned the democratic path.
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There are in most states one or two ministers of war, one of whom is the minister of naval affairs.
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The band was rejuvenated by that wonderful day. It breathed new life into us.
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Our pleasures are short, and can only charm at intervals; love is a method of protraction our greatest pleasure.
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I met one child there eleven years old, speaking three languages [in Guinea]. He could speak English, French and Malinke. Speaking my language actually better than I could. And this hypocrisy - they tell us here in America [ that black people can't be intelligent].
